Please note: turn-in date correction for Operation Christmas Child!!!

My apologies. Yesterday I gave the wrong date as to when the Operation Christmas Child boxes are due. They are due this Friday, NOVEMBER 18th. My apologies for any confusion. Thanks so much.

Operation Christmas Child

This is the twelfth year that HAA will be participating in Operation Christmas Child thanks to our wonderful 1st grade teacher, Ms. Datil. Last year we collected over 100 boxes for children around the world, and we hope to surpass that goal again this year. Please note that boxes are due this Friday, November 18. Please turn in your boxes to Ms. Datil. She and the 1st grade class will go through all the boxes to ensure that they are ready to be shipped. For directions on packing boxes as well as printing out labels please watch the videos below.One very cool feature is that you can now track your box to see what country it goes to if you print out the label!

Here are explicit directions for what to pack and how to pack your box.







Here is a heartwarming video of a child in the Philippines (my parents' home country, so it is dear to me) who had received an Operation Christmas Child box.

Fall Into Reading

I wanted to share the current theme of our bulletin board before I take it down and switch it out. For the theme "Fall Into Reading", the 2nd graders made book recommendations on books that they had in their book bins. The kids were really excited to read each others' book recommendations, but what was even more exciting for them was that students from other grades would stop and read what they wrote! I personally enjoyed hearing comments such as, "I remember that book!" and "That's one of my favorite books!"

 Another bulletin board we have outside our classroom door features our Superstar of the Week and our weekly newsletter. The Superstar of the Week poster attracts quite a bit of attention from students who are passing by our classroom.

One last share - a printable mini-poster that I happened to find on a teacher's blog. Sorry I am unable to give credit to that teacher as I cannot remember which blog it was from. At any rate, I love the quote and wanted to share.

Superstar of the Week Talent

Each week we have a different Superstar of the Week to learn more about each student in the class. Every Thursday, the Superstar shares a talent his/her friends. I wanted to share this very beautiful solo sung by this week's Superstar. The children and I are so proud of him!